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To: maceng2 who wrote (64966)	6/13/2005 6:50:45 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) of 74559

PB, Re: The twin towers were not designed with consideration to impacts of large airliners flying into them at full speed. You've been disinformed. The WTC towers were engineered by Leslie Robertson Associates in the late 1960s. tinyurl.com His firm calculated the impact of a Boeing 707 which is, in fact, quite comparable to the Boeing 767. Robertson states that he didn't properly account for the JP-4 fuel in his calculations, but the kinetic energy designed for is not a cause for alarm about the design. Here's a summary of the fact case: 911research.wtc7.net *** Re: I understand you have some 25 yrs background with building structures? Correct.

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